Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Many believe that a decision has already been made to adopt the metric system in the United States. In fact, many think that conversion is mandatory, especially among small businesses and the general public. Although the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 provides for a continuation of the existing policy allowing for voluntary conversion, the current policy has been misinterpreted and, within this context, attempts have been made to convert to the metric system. The 1975 act and its legislative history show that national policy is not to prefer one system over another, and there is insufficient evidence to support or refute the belief that conversion to the metric system in the United States is inevitable. Costs will be incurred for education, converting computer systems and databases, changing laws, maintaining inventories, and changing product sizes. Before voluntarily deciding to convert, there should be a clear understanding of the policy, knowledge of the costs of benefits involved, an assessment of the impact on the sector involved and any related sectors, and a determination of the impact on consumers.
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System-implications If a Dopted by the United States
Author: Etats-Unis. General accounting officePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Getting a Better Understanding of the Metric System -- Implications If Adopted by the United States
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
Author: John Bemelmans MarcianoPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819941X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The intriguing tale of why the United States has never adopted the metric system, and what that says about us. The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies to the dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it? Most of the rest of the world is on the metric system, and for a time in the 1970s America appeared ready to make the switch. Yet it never happened, and the reasons for that get to the root of who we think we are, just as the measurements are woven into the ways we think. John Marciano chronicles the origins of measurement systems, the kaleidoscopic array of standards throughout Europe and the thirteen American colonies, the combination of intellect and circumstance that resulted in the metric system's creation in France in the wake of the French Revolution, and America's stubborn adherence to the hybrid United States Customary System ever since. As much as it is a tale of quarters and tenths, it is a human drama, replete with great inventors, visionary presidents, obsessive activists, and science-loving technocrats. Anyone who reads this inquisitive, engaging story will never read Robert Frost's line “miles to go before I sleep” or eat a foot-long sub again without wondering, Whatever happened to the metric system?
Metric in Minutes
Author: Dennis R. BrownridgePublisher: Professional Publications Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Covers everything you need to know about the metric system (système internationale, SI), from its history to practical tips on conversions and problem solving.
U.S. Metric Board Annual Report
Author: United States Metric BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metric system
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description